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Bezig met laden... The Last Great Quest: Captain Scott's Antarctic Sacrificedoor Max Jones
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Meld je aan bij LibraryThing om erachter te komen of je dit boek goed zult vinden. Op dit moment geen Discussie gesprekken over dit boek. Mostly familiar ground, but the early stuff about Markham and the Royal Geog is interesting. Meant as a cultural analysis rather than a narrative. However, he labours rather heavily with his analytical instruments: a triad of Empire, Science and Manliness (i.e. man-hauling) and the relevance of each to the events he describes. Nails Huntford for the vindictive nut-case he was. ( ) geen besprekingen | voeg een bespreking toe
The story of Captain Scott's last Antarctic expedition is one of the greatest adventure stories ever told. Captain Robert Falcon Scott, Lieutenant Henry Bowers, Petty Officer Edgar Evans, Captain Lawrence Oates, and Dr Edward Wilson all died on the return trek from the South Pole, starved and frozen, only eleven miles from a supply camp. In November 1912, a rescue party discovered their last letters and diaries, which told a story of bravery, hardship, and self-sacrifice that. shocked the world. Recent decades have seen controversy rage over whether Scott was the last of a line of great Victor Geen bibliotheekbeschrijvingen gevonden. |
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